Monthly Archives: October 2021

(Click on the following link to listen to an audio version of this blog … Bees! At last count, since 2006, I written 27 blogs about bees. They are by far the most frequent subject of my short essays. There … Continue reading →

(Click here to listen to an audio version of this blog … Exercise and cancer ) Last week we discussed some research that explored the interactions of exercising muscles with neurons in the brain. A protein hormone, irisin, synthesized by … Continue reading →

(Click here to listen to an audio version of this blog …. Exercise and the brain ) Cause and effect are often tricky features of observational or epidemiological studies. For example, the often replicated and extremely well documented observation that … Continue reading →

(Click on this link to listen to an audio version of this blog … Vultures of Colorado There are three species of vultures found in the United States: the turkey vulture, the California condor and the black vulture. The turkey … Continue reading →